The new Parliamentary Ministry of the French President is in
full operation. M. Lion Wencher iippears Ao be the 'acting maw. nager. His enemies are widerstond in be concentrbted upon the removal of obstacles to the /reelection of LouisSapoleon. With a view to this end, it-it sdIttite contempbttes 66lt trppeal to the Mimi- eipal Councils in the hope that they may be induced to recom- mend a modification of the constitution. There is at present no other candidate in the field whose prospects need alarm the actual President; but the passive resistance of the Legitimist, Orleanist, and Republican parties, appears to present an impassable barrier to his aspirations. It is probably to this state of affairs 'that the prevalent apprehension of some new outbreak in June is owing. Certain it is, that serious fears on this score are entertained at Pans; and that the Socialist refugees in this country are elate and sanguine in their expectations of some speedy movement in their favour. M. Leon Faucher is a clearheaded and resolute man ; but whether his apprenticeship in the management of rail- way companies has qualified him for the management of such an anarchical public as that of France, remains to be seen. Portugal is passing through another military revolution. Sal- denim has placed himself at the head of the troops, which have re- volted at Cintm and Mafra to the North of Lisbon, at Evora to the South-east, and at St. Ithes to the South of that capital, and were moving, when the last despatches were sent off, with a view to concentrate at Santarem. The King had moved from Lisbon in that direction ; but his forces were weaker than those of the in- surgents, and it was believed that the insurgents would reach Santarem before him. The movement is ostensibly directed against the Minister, Count Thomar ; but hints are thrown out, that if suc- cessful it may extend to a change in the person of the Sovereign.
Prussia has consented to the restoration of the old Frankfort Diet. A circular has been addressed by M. Manteuffel to the Go- vernments which continue to act in concert with Prussia, intimat- ing, that as the close of the Dresden conferences is postponed longer than was expected, "the most advisable plan is for all members of the Confederation to act together in securing the im- mediate restoration of the universally acknowledged functions of the Bund as it existed previously to the year 1848." The Diet iS expected to meet on the 10th of May.
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